The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-09-29
THE AMERICAN FARMER.
LACK or WELL KEPT LAWNS
AND FLOWER GARDENS.

, II Interest In the Production Of
~ Vegetables and Small Fruits In
v..t-"Hired Men"-Fmployment
Of Machinery.
Farmers are often blamed because they
,., haye we'll kept lawns and flower
.,. in front of their houses, orna-
.t.d walks about the premises. arDors
Shaded seats. Many state that lack
e taste accounts for the absence on an
things. They are common IN VII
and they declare they would be
r.n on farms II their owners had any
~rnf.0n of them. Farmers are also
.,I because they DO not raise a great
of choice vegetables and small
..r home consumption. They are
r. reminded that they could live much
...- flan they do. and De at no greater
.-0 for food, If they would only set
.ri cultivate fruit bearing vines and
.. have "a hot bed and raise fine
|.taNle-. such as celery, asparagus and
rIarf. They are reminded that city
have fine vegetables and small
on their tables almost continually,
.tla farmers rarely ever have them.
m. are also informed That all these
cost money in town, while they
.. be- Dad in the country for the trouble
.frI.Iug them.
LUCK IN LITTLE THINGS.
American farmers. especially those liy-
..r fhe west. are informed that farmers
france. Belgium and Holland obtain
OIL. t..I fur their families almost entirely
s.m their gardens and poultry yards, and
.t0.rehy able tO convert nearly all the
.I..f off their fields and pastures into
lf has even been shown that
r....I farmers receive several million
n.r. per year FOR the eggs they send 10
r..l.rd Farmers in the prairie region
.. often informed of the important part
bid, .-leu piaysi n furnishing food for the
f.r.r. fn the eastern states, and they are
t.| fI.f tha rich soil iu the west is much
f....r for producing vegetables tha the
1.rl land stony soil of New England and
OLD. central states. Still 70 must be
...r.NIeIeei taat not much progress Is
r.I. In increasing the production of fine
,...t.IIe- and small fruits on western
f.m- The men who follow farming as "a
f...,.s in theWcst and ondeavOr 90 make
money hr. 10 have few lawns, hut little
,lr.N0ry small plantations of fruit.
smaller flower gardens, and only apologies
f"rlO.rtlhle gardens.
But l0r al this. and for an that, they
.r. n.f deficient I'm good taste, and not
r~rarnre.ativc of the charms of beauty.
..i.r.f iu-ensIble Of the Joys of the "a
l.." They like beautiful surroundings
and .re fond Of good living. A combina
Ohm If ~uufavOrablc circumstance gen
.r.. prevents them from heautifyinl
f...r farms. from fixing mp things
aI..t fhe house. from raising small fruits
and lrUm supplying their tables viii
choice home grown vegetables. Western
farms arc generally large. and the produc.
f0n off field cropsis conducted ON an eX.
fen..le soaie Labor is ,carccr and dearel
linn In most of the eastern states, and
t.r. much scarcer and dearcr than ll
r0.. foreign countries where so much 0t
f.n...n D.. given Co the pr0duCtivencss of
small fruits. choice vegetables and fancy
r.Ifrr Most Of our "hIred men are
r.U 0.mcr-- grccnhorns who are in
competent t0 dO anything but the coarse
and rough work on the place. They re
mr large amount of directing To- en-
able them to do this properly The farmer
la. f.o many things to look after TO- en-
able Dim t0 devote too much time 20 irul
mI-ng and gardening.
OFF TO TIE TOwN.
Hands available for farm work appea
fl become scarccr every season. Anbi
far, Young men who are acquainted VIII
field and garden work are anxious to on
tain farms for themselves while land 81
cheap Almost an who work for wage
utothe large towns To- seek employment
Iie consequences are % scarcity %
frn laU0rers. poor service Do hlgI
wages ln many places men competen
f.r..e fruit. tOlay ont and plant grounds
and f. DO work in "a flower and vegetaul
rar..u cannot Doe obtained for the none
fI.f farmer. can ruise from the sale u
crops. wool and meat at the prices the
must DOW be- sold for.
I.e general employment of machiner.
ODD farm. has also eXerted am uniaNoraol
influence 0n small fruit culture, land
s..rr. vegetable and flower gardening
Persons who have become accustomed
noe Use NI NINlININn lM INC H'AN "- ON
lbe m engage bon doing work iuNolNln
Che use ol haud tools. 10 may be yer
Ieht work like preparing beds m "a garden
setting ont strawberry plants and prur
ia. bushes that produce flowers and iru'
-itmay be % change from ordinary hel
lalOr-hut they nevertheless dislike II
II, substitution of machines rawn %
horses or operated by steam power 10
tools chat must bee used 10y the exercise q
human strength has had q tendency
diminish skill in most sorts of manui
labor THE imam who has used a gan
p.DW. O. riding cultiyat0r, a mower, ha
rake and self binding harvester for severn
SEASON., has lost the skill he once po'
..,-rl in the use of the spade. the galde
ukD the hand hoe and the prunin
lr..e Dc is mo- longer handy at an
hnl of garden work, and as "a cons'
oleuce hc ncglects it-Chicag0 Times.